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Risky Prescribing and the Epidemic of Deaths From Falls

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3031

August 08, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses physician prescribing and trends in death rates due to falls in the US.

Corresponding Author: Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112 (tfarley@tulane.edu).

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